That just describes the conditions outside. Inside Jason, we are feeling worse. Not much sleep (thanks all-night-dredger!)
and bumpy water is making us cranky.
It finally settled down after 4 hours on the water. We'd only had tea and (yuck) Nutrigrain (blech) bars.
For 30 minutes we were engrossed in monitoring a distress situation from a vessel on the rocks of the Umpqua River jetty. Every captain's nightmare!
Another ship managed to pull him off without too much damage and no loss of life. The Coast Guard was commenting and advising although they weren't on the scene (despite having a rescue boat and 43 personnel stationed there).
People have asked how we cope with rough seas. Well, every plate, bowl, glass and mug has a silicone non-slip bottom:
All the plates fit into little custom niches:
We even have receptacles for the weighted-bottom wine glasses:
The refrigerator and freezer doors have catches:
And there's a lid over the stove that can retain a hot pot.
Having said all that, today the conditions were (according to the fuel dock man) "like a warshing machine"!
At times we were doing 9.6 knots and ten seconds later we'd be surfing down a south swell at 13.6 knots.
We made it into the harbor at about 2:30 pm and have been stumbling around town like zombies ever since.
A couple gents, also from San Diego, were heading to Alaska in a landing craft filled with equipment. Man, did they have it rough. We felt bad for complaining.
Maybe we shouldn't have stopped at the Rogue Distillery's tasting room and tried a few sips ... anyway, we had a nice dinner at Local Ocean Seafood and dragged our weary butts back to the boat.
Tomorrow is a long day, Friday is a very long day, and then it's downhill through Puget Sound to Seattle. Weather is a bit dodgy so we are leaving before dawn again. Before the winds start howling!
Meanwhile, back in San Diego, in his beautiful new boat, Uncle Gary is facing five knot winds and three inch swells on his way across the bay.
(Ok, not anything)
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